Priti Patel wants to ban protests of more than two people during the second lockdown and has briefed senior police officers to enforce coronavirus law banning marches and demonstrations. Chief constables are concerned the home secretary’s move is too oppressive for a liberal democracy while a civil law barrister warned the ban could breach human […]
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The prime minister will warn MPs that Covid-19 deaths could be “twice as bad” this winter compared to the first wave of the virus in spring. Boris Johnson’s Commons statement today (Monday, 3.30pm) will see the PM say there is “no alternative” to the four-week lockdown being introduced in England on Thursday. Labour leader Keir […]
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Boris Johnson will impose a national lockdown on England on Thursday to save the NHS from the second wave of coronavirus advancing through the country. Announcing the new lockdown which will last until at least December 2, Johnson said: “We must act now to contain this autumn surge”. The prime minister was warned the health […]
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Sir Keir Starmer has warned Jeremy Corbyn faces expulsion from the Labour party after the former leader was suspended yesterday for saying antisemitism in the party had been “dramatically overstated for political reasons”. Starmer spent this morning conducting media interviews trying to repair the damage that the major UK newspaper front pages are predicting has […]
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As the UK government continues to urge businesses to prepare for a no-deal outcome, Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney, told reporters that a Brexit trade deal is ‘likely’ after all. After missing Boris Johnson’s mid-October deadline and the ensuing stand-off, Britain and the EU put their differences aside once more and recommenced negotiations. […]
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A coalition of 55 Conservative MPs representing northern constituencies have written to the prime minister demanding a “road map out of lockdown” and a post-Covid economic plan for the north of England. The Northern Research Group (NRG) of Tory MPs delivered their letter to Boris Johnson, expressing fears the coronavirus could send their region “into […]
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Wales’ first minister has announced the country will go into a full lockdown on Friday for a 17-day “firebreak” to stem the rise in coronavirus cases. Mark Drakeford said the two-and-a-half weeks will provide a “short, sharp shock to turn back the clock, slow down the virus and give us more time” in order to […]
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Northern Tory MPs have hit out at a letter by 20 of their southern Conservative colleagues – pushing for Manchester to accept tighter Covid restrictions – as “ill advised”. Labour mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham also hit back at what he called an “I’m alright Jack” letter signed by a score of Tory MPs […]
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Jacob Rees-Mogg has attacked “hard left socialists” and denounced plans to ban people travelling from Covid hotspots to Wales as “unconstitutional”. Welsh first minister Mark Drakeford announced an entry ban to Wales on Wednesday to stop people from parts of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The ban will come into force on Friday if the […]
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Boris Johnson is under increasing fire from all angles with the issues of Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic combining with yet more rebels on his backbenches. Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief negotiator in Brexit talks with the UK, mocked Johnson during a meeting with EU ministers for issuing a “third unilateral deadline” The summit of […]
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